from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
pronoun That one identical with you.
pronoun Used reflexively as the direct or indirect object of a verb or as the object of a preposition.
pronoun Used for emphasis.
pronoun Used in an absolute construction.
pronoun Your normal or healthy condition.
from The Century Dictionary.
An emphatic or reflexive form of the second personal pronoun, ye, you.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
pronoun An emphasized or reflexive form of the pronoun of the second person; -- used as a subject commonly with you; ; also, alone in the predicate, either in the nominative or objective case.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
pronoun reflexive Your ownself.
pronoun you; used emphatically, especially to indicate exclusiveness of the referent's participation in the predicate, i.e., that no one else is involved
noun Your usual, normal, or true self.
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Examples
But, as a general rule, "_keep yourself to yourself_" is a serviceable adage.
You will take pains, even at a heavy cost to self (and such costs are always gains in the end), so to minister as to attract the attention of the flock, not to yourself, but to your blessed Master and His Word; preaching "not yourself, but Christ Jesus as Lord, and _yourself their servant_ for
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Hope this was helpful, and we're glad to hear that you are soon to unchain yourself from the US rat-race and join the wonderful world of expat retirement.
Hope this was helpful, and we're glad to hear that you are soon to unchain yourself from the US rat-race and join the wonderful world of expat retirement.
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